skinz180189
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Wanting to up the lighting in my Rekord 120. There's currently just the one big long tube in there as standard, which is a 30w Juwel "Daylight" Tube. This gives me 1wpg. Now, I'd like to increase it to at least 2 wpg to give my plants better chance of surviving, as I feel light (or lack of) is what has let me down in the past.
I think my best option would be another tube, or 2, mounted to the sloping "front" edge of the lid. That's about as far as my lighting knowledge takes me really.
So (many ), questions...
T8 or T5?
1 long tube or 2/3 short tubes?
Controllers/Ballasts?
Wattage to go for?
Is 2wpg sufficient? (Plants are Java Moss, Moss balls, Water Wisteria, Echinodorus bleheri & cryptocoryne beckettii)
Is the placement on the front a good or bad idea?
So yeah, advice is appreciated, the more I read the more confusing it all is!
I think my best option would be another tube, or 2, mounted to the sloping "front" edge of the lid. That's about as far as my lighting knowledge takes me really.
So (many ), questions...
T8 or T5?
1 long tube or 2/3 short tubes?
Controllers/Ballasts?
Wattage to go for?
Is 2wpg sufficient? (Plants are Java Moss, Moss balls, Water Wisteria, Echinodorus bleheri & cryptocoryne beckettii)
Is the placement on the front a good or bad idea?
So yeah, advice is appreciated, the more I read the more confusing it all is!